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What we are reading

Hidden History: America’s Secret Drone War in Africa David Axe/Danger Room for Wired Based on various media reports, semi-official statements, and UN commentary, the American public can begin to “vaguely” understand the US’ use of drones in Africa. Mali’s Traore...

LOTS of tension brewing in the South China Sea

A small two-square-mile island in the South China Sea is finding itself at the center of an alarming multistate power struggle. Yongxing Island, the largest of the Paracel Archipelago, has no indigenous inhabitants of its own and can only be remotely accessed by plane...

What we are reading

Rep. Adam Smith Comes to ASP Joshua Foust The American Security Project hosted Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), who spoke about US interests in Africa and AFRICOM. Rep. Smith said we need to look at Africa as an opportunity, not a crisis: it is a place where a unique...